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“Dog Flowers” by Danielle Geller
Books

The heartbreaking debut ‘Dog Flowers’ and 2 more diverse new memoirs worth reading

In this roundup of new, noteworthy memoirs: “Dog Flowers,” a tale of family, addiction and redemption; “Smalltime,” the story of one family’s mafia history in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and “Love Is an Ex-Country,” in which a proud queer, Muslim, Arab American woman takes a cross-country road trip.

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“The Magical Language of Others” by E.J. Koh.
Books

6 new paperbacks to read as the days get longer in Seattle VIEW

Seattle folk-rock stars The Head and the Heart’s Pike Place Market concert in 2019 has been made into a concert film and live album.
Music

The Head and the Heart frontman relives epic Pike Place Market concert, announces live album and film

Cheryl L. West of the Seattle Rep.
Theater

Seattle Rep’s ambitious plan: Here’s what audiences can look forward to when stage lights come back on

Recently crowned JEOPARDY! G.O.A.T. Ken Jennings is joining the show as a Consulting Producer this season. In his new role, Ken will present his own special video categories, develop projects, assist with contestant outreach, and serve as a general ambassador for the show.
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Here’s how Seattle’s Ken Jennings did on his first night guest hosting ‘Jeopardy!’

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“Let’s go in there and show them,” says an armed participant of the Olympia Freedom Party’s gathering at the State Capitol in Olympia Sunday January 10, 2021, the day before the start of the legislative session. He was referring to taking action similar to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. 216086
Local Politics

Senate introduces bill to ban firearms at public demonstrations, Washington state Capitol

The full moon rises over Seattle on Halloween, Saturday October 31, 2020. The second full moon in the month, it is classified as a ‘blue’ moon, a rare confluence of events. 215541
Local News

This night-sky delight will be worth howling about: the full Wolf Moon

The Trident Seafoods plant on the remote island of Akutan is one of the largest fish and crab processing facilities in North America. In January of 2021, it has been the site of a COVID-19 outbreak among workers.
Health

135 workers test positive for coronavirus at Trident Seafoods Alaska plant

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee outlined a plan to set up vaccination sites statewide with help from the National Guard and others as part of an overall goal to vaccinate 45,000 people a day against the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW110 WATW110
Health

Washington state will soon get more COVID-19 vaccines, Inslee says

Seattle Police Advocate Garry Boulden listens to a case that he worked on in 2013.
Local News

Sexual abuse investigation into former Seattle police victim advocate closed as inconclusive

Books

“Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu.

Moira's Book Club meets at 7 p.m. tonight to discuss Charles Yu's 'Interior Chinatown'

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

This image released by the Sundance Institute shows a scene from “In The Same Breath,” an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Institute via AP) NYET323 NYET323

At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off

Music & Nightlife

Seattle hip-hop/R&B artist Jay Loud signed a record deal with Warner Bros. subsidiary Asylum Records.

Seattle rapper Jay Loud lands major-label deal, two years after stint in Tacoma shelter WATCH

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Television

Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes star in “The Dig.”

Now streaming: ‘The Little Things,’ ‘The Dig,’ ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ ‘Dinosaurs’ and more

Theater

Erin Johnson is photographed in front of Velocity Dance Center’s former location at 1621 12th Ave. in Capitol Hill Friday, Jan. 15, 2020. 216134

How the latest round of COVID-19 relief could provide a big boost to Seattle’s restaurants and arts organizations

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Classical Music

Camera operator Justin Brown captures video of Patrick Cafizzi, who plays Dulcamara. (Philip Newton) Seattle Opera Elixr of Love MCCaw Hall

Seattle Opera now offering single tickets for its streaming productions

Visual Arts

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in an empty gallery at the Louvre in Paris on Dec. 4, 2020. With the Louvre closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, museum officials are pushing ahead on a grand restoration and cleanup. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times)

At the Louvre a small army is busily at work while visitors are away VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

PULITZER WINNER: Prof. Theodore Roethke of the Uni­versity of Washington wore a serious expression yester­day as he read an Associated Press dispatch announcing that he had won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book, “The Waking.” ( / Seattle Times Information Bureau)

Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy

Dance

Whim W’him dancer Jim Kent, left, works with Artistic Director Olivier Wevers during rehearsal at the Francia Russell Center in Bellevue Thursday February 7, 2019. Their upcoming performance of “Stabat Mater” is a collaboration with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and will be performed at Shorecrest High School February 23 and 24. This performance closes out their ninth season and ushers in the 10th year of the contemporary dance company, founded by Wevers. 209216

What’s Happening Jan. 22-Feb. 4: MOHAI digital scavenger hunt, author events and more